Dear colleagues,
<br>
<br>I have an opening for a *fully funded PhD position* in the area of critical
<br>Design Futures. Application deadline is April 15.
<br>
<br>*--- Position description*:
<br>Central to society’s ability to engage with complex and urgent challenges
<br>is its capacity to envision and pursue alternative futures. Facing such
<br>challenges as climate change and the loss of species, accelerated urban
<br>development and the introduction of new pervasive technologies (to name
<br>just a few), calls upon designers to expand the space of possibility for
<br>new social, political and economic configurations to emerge.
<br>
<br>We invite applicants for a fully funded PhD position at the Department of
<br>Human-Centered Design, to explore design as a form of critical
<br>future-making. We are particularly interested in projects that seek to
<br>elaborate the ways in which design can seed an inclusive discourse about
<br>the future – one that is sensitive to different power constellations, the
<br>histories and identities of different actors, and the assumptions and
<br>interests that motivate them.
<br>
<br>Applicants are expected to propose a specific topic and area of application
<br>for their research. Possible themes may include (but are not limited to):
<br>
<br> - The historical, cultural and practical links between design and
<br> futures studies
<br> - Critical and speculative design
<br> - Design and social or sociotechnical imaginaries
<br> - Critical approaches to creativity-by-design, co-creation and
<br> participatory design
<br> - Art and design as forms of social inquiry
<br> - Design activism
<br>
<br>For more details:
<br>https://www.academictransfer.com/en/289857/phd-position-in-critical-design-fu
<br>tures/
<br>
<br>
<br>All the best,
<br>
<br>Roy
<br>
<br>
<br>Dr Roy Bendor | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Human-Centered Design, Delft
<br>University of Technology | Fellow, Urban Futures Studio, Utrecht University
<br>| r.bendor@tudelft.nl | +31-6-42379223 |
<br>http://www.digitalsustainability.com
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